St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-14
THE INDIANS.
They Are Getting Rather Aggress-
i've and Troublesome.

i've and Troublesome.
WASHINGTON, Oct. I3.-The secretary
of the interior late this afternoon re-
ceived information that the Indians on
the Crow Creek aud Lower Brule reser-
vation had, by their threatened violence,
stopped the allotment surveys in prog
reSS on the reservation, and that further
trouble is feared. Secretary Lamar has
had consultation with Gen. Sheridan,
who leaves tomorrow for the West, and
tits said steps will be Immediately taken
to meet the emergency and resume the
work.
The secretary of the interior to-day
received telegraphic report from Spe-
cial Agent Howard OH the situation at
the Crow agency, in Montana.
THE AGENT SAYS:
On Friday evening the 30th of last month
everything was quiet and peaceful, the In
dian families were nearly all around the
agency to draw their rations the following
day; the agency butchers were Slaughtering
cattle: n large train of Indian freight wagons
were being unloaded of agency goods into
the warehouses; everything was busy and
cheerful. Agent Williams and his wife were
Oh The porch of his house, he reading his
mail. when about . o'clock a young buck
medicine man. and about fifteen or sixteen
Of his followers rode through the agency (the
hulidings are in the form of Il horseshoe) to
the slaughter house, and then partially sep
alated into small bands, one of which, five or
SIX III number. headed by this medicine
man, al i'll full war paint and feathers and
well armed,rode around the agency buildings
ans! fired into the roofs of all the houses par
ticularly at the agents office on the east side
where the agency interpreter was Standing
The medicine man. then then put the gun
ne carried close to the interpreters stomach
@nd slowly raised it up and fired it over his
=. on ia 1xrnI
house on the west side and fired volley at
the roof. The Indians were very defiant and
insolent. and there was not the slightest
rrovOcation for it. There were none of the
agents police near at the time, but had there
been they could not have arrested these fell
lows without much blOodShed and believe
general massacre. l think the agent acted
very wisely iii not attempting TO arrest them
cavalry arrived on the ground about 10
p. m, but the officer i'll charge did
not have instructions to make any ar
rests, but to proeect the agent, employees
and property. After the arrival of the
troops this same party of Indians and follow
ers continued to make hostile demonstrations
and sent word to the troops that they were
ready for them, at the same time removing
all their squaws old men and children from
their tepees TO the opposite side ofile river.
The troops went into camp about IL p. m
The agent, thinking everything to have
quleted down. retired and eXtinguished the
Ot
dians next went TO the traders store and de-
manded ammunition, and were, of course.
refused. Then they fired into the store and
the trader, wife and clerks had to barricade
the windows with bales of blankets to pro
tect themselves. There were five or six bul-
let holes shot through the building. The
gang
KEPT UP ITS SHOOTING
around the agency building, openly defying
the troops n=arly all night and making night
hideous with its yellS. From the traders
store they again came to the agents house,
having been reinforced by several followers,
and made more hostile demonstrations. On
the porch of the house were the agency in
spector and Il few friendly Indians. when
Boy That Crabs chief Of the Indian po-
lice, reported to the Interpreter that those
fellows said they had come to kill the agent.
Saturday morning two more troops of cavalry
arrived at the agency. and for five or six
hours this gang and some sixty or seventy
followers stationed themselves on the top of
a hill overlooking the agency and about
quarter of Il mile from where the troops were
camped and dared and defied them to come
up there and take them. In the
event. evening they disappeared, and have
been planting the seeds of diScOrd
among the whole Crow tribe. and abusing all
Crows as being old women because they will
not join them to fie INT the whites. These In
dams have not only stolen horses from the
line of plundering. This medicine man.
who is the leader of this bad element of In
dians gained his notoriety very recently. He
has been quietly and gradually demoraliZing
the young Crow bucks. He is very bad In
dian, and if he and his followers are not ar
rested all the progress these Indians have
made will be lost for years to come, and the
whole Crow nation demoralized These fell
lows made many threats which have not
embodied here. The longer the arrest of the fel-
lows is put off, the more danger there will be-
The agent and his employees are quietly and
cautiously attending to their usual duties,
but on the outside ali is decentralization. the
Indians being gathered together in bands on
different portions of the Little and Big Horn,
having abandoned their farms and appar-
emily waiting to see what will be the result,
and also anxiously fearing raids from the
Piegans & who are are reported to be out in sew
fantry here. Gen. Dudley. the post COM
mander, has in every particular acted with
promptness and has rendered two troops to
remain here to-day and tomorrow during the
issuing of rations, but the agent has declined
to accept them unless to arrest the offending
parties, as the presence of troops only excites
the Indians.